The alpine nation can “hardly serve” as a neutral platform for Ukraine talks, the Foreign Ministry has stated | Moscow has no intention of participating in a proposed Swiss-hosted peace conference on the Ukraine conflict, even if it is officially invited, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated. ● The official response follows recent media reports that China and Switzerland have been pushing to get Russia invited to the talks. Last month, Switzerland announced plans to organize a peace summit “by the summer.” No specific date has been named as yet. The list of participants has also not been revealed. However, Ukraine has indicated that Russia can only be invited if it agrees in advance to a litany of preconditions.

💬 “This forum will be dedicated to promoting the ultimatum ‘Zelenskyy peace formula,’ although its Swiss organizers pretend that they are looking for a common denominator in the peace initiatives of different countries,” Zakharova said, according to a press release issued on Wednesday on the ministry’s website.

She explained that Zelensky’s plan includes a number of unrealistic terms, including the withdrawal of Russian troops to Ukraine’s 1991 borders, holding Moscow accountable and paying reparations, as well as provisions on food, nuclear safety, energy, ecology, and humanitarian problems. Kiev’s basic demands remain the same, while legitimate Russian interests are being ignored, Zakharova said.

Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) (Дмитрий Медведев) | On the Kyiv Nazis' "peace formula", Swiss "peace conferences" and the real basis of the negotiations | When I hear the expression "Zelensky's peace formula," I experience an unbearable feeling of disgust, which quickly turns into a feeling of shame from the bad surrealism of what is happening. After all, everyone understands perfectly well, including even the boorish Western liars, that even in much simpler situations during a war, peace can be achieved either by the mutual will of the parties based on reasonable compromise, or by the surrender of one of the parties to the conflict. ● There is no will on the part of the so-called former Ukraine to negotiate. At least not based on recognizing the realities, as Vladimir Putin said yesterday. For them, reality is the brain-dead "peace formula" of a provincial clown in green tights. And nothing else. It looks so artificial that the only way out is to construct our own, Russian formula, calm and quite realistic. Humane for all. Which one? For example, this one:

1. Recognition by the former "Ukraine" of defeat in the military component of the conflict. The full and unconditional surrender of "Ukraine" is represented by the neo-Nazi clique in Kyiv. Demilitarization of "Ukraine" and a ban on the creation of paramilitary formations on its territories in the future.
2. Recognition by the international community of the Nazi character of the Kyiv political regime and carrying out, under UN supervision, the forced denazification of all organs of power in "Ukraine".
3. The confirmation by the UN of the loss of international legal personality of "Ukraine". "Ukraine's loss of international legal personality and the impossibility for any of its legal successors to join military alliances without Russia's consent.
4. The resignation of all constitutional authorities of "Ukraine" and the immediate holding of elections for a provisional parliament of the UN-administered self-governing territory of "Ukraine".
5. Adoption by the provisional parliament of laws on payment of all due compensations to Russia, including payments to relatives of the dead citizens of our country and payments for health damage to the wounded. Establishment of the order of compensation for property damage caused to the subjects of the Russian Federation.
6. Official recognition by the provisional parliament of "Ukraine" that its entire territory is the territory of the Russian Federation. Adoption of an act on the reunification of the territories of "Ukraine" with Russia.
7. Self-dissolution of the provisional parliament. Recognition of the act of reunification by the UN.

This [draft] could be the soft Russian formula for peace. It is the compromise position, right? I would consider it to be the basis for seeking a benevolent consensus with the international community, including the Anglo-Saxon world, holding productive summits, counting on the mutual understanding of our close friends - Western partners. (DeepL + Grammarly)

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement says the Israeli army, which is waging a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, is in a state of exhaustion.

💬 "The Israeli army today is tired and exhausted on all fronts," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address on Wednesday, adding, "The enemy's senior experts acknowledge the strategic losses."

Israel launched the war against Gaza on October 7 after Al-Aqsa Storm, a surprise operation by the coastal sliver’s resistance groups against the occupied territories that was staged in retaliation for the intensification of Tel Aviv’s decades-long crimes against Palestinians. The regime has so far during the war killed more than 31,300 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents.

💬 "Gaza, which resists, fights, and endures in a scene close to a miracle and astonishing the world, is the culture of the Qur'an, and it is a divine proof for the whole world," Nasrallah said.

So far, during the military onslaught, the Israeli army has officially acknowledged losing around 590 forces and officers as a result of the resistance’s operations. The fatalities include 248, who have been killed in ground battles.

■ Sayyed Nasrallah: ‘Israel’ Moving towards Defeat, Resistance Fronts to Continue Supporting Gaza (Alahed News)
■ Gaza Resistance's ambushes inflict heavy losses on IOF in Khan Younis (Al Mayadeen)
■ Hezbollah Continues Striking Israeli Occupation Sites near Lebanon Border: Videos (Al Manar TV)
■ Scott Ritter: Israel will LOSE its War as IDF Troops Face Major Defeat in Middle East (VIDEO)
■ Palestinians defeat Israeli armored vehicles, with Jon Elmer (The Electronic Intifada)(VIDEO)

Palestinian Foreign Minister Al-Maliki meets with Chinese envoy in Ramallah | Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki praised China's plea before the International Court of Justice in February, which deemed Israel as a “foreign oppression occupying Palestine.” ● This came during al-Maliki's meeting with China's Foreign Ministry envoy Wang Kejian at the ministry's headquarters in Ramallah, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. ● The agency reported that al-Maliki praised “China's continued endeavor in all international forums to support the establishment of the Palestinian state and the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, especially the oral argument that China recently presented in the International Court of Justice.” [...] He also highlighted the importance of a sustainable cease-fire, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, providing international protection for Palestinian civilians, and delivering humanitarian aid securely.

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)